I've left this one too long, with the inevitable result - I can't do it myself any more! Help, someone: all I remember is that it's some Greek character from the business of Troy and aftermath - a female, daughter or sister (or wife?) of some notable I think. It's in Google, for sure.

‘Why, she , of course,’ said the Dodo, pointing to Alice with one finger; and the whole party at once crowded round her, calling out in a confused way, ‘Prizes! Prizes!’

Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece all round.

‘But she must have a prize herself, you know,’ said the Mouse.

‘Of course,’ the Dodo replied very gravely. ‘What else have you got in your pocket?’ he went on, turning to Alice.

‘Only a thimble,’ said Alice sadly.

‘Hand it over here,’ said the Dodo.

Then they all crowded round her once more, while the Dodo solemnly presented the thimble, saying ‘We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble’; and, when it had finished this short speech, they all cheered.

I came across it in the novel The Return from Troy by Lindsay Clarke, a great read - much broader, more objective, mature and subtle, than his rather overdramatic and idiosyncratic Chymical Wedding. Enjoy!

What do these words have in common? Many things, many of which are blatantly obvious, even banal.The puzzle is to find the common property in my mind. (the one I am thinking of).

Please adopt the following tactics: (if you choose to play with)

Submit a list or lists of words (say a maximum of 20 words per player per day), then I will state which words are "correct", i.e. which belong to the class in my mind.

This way, when the penny drops and you think of the answer, you can prove that by submitting a list of say 3 correct words, when it will be obvious to me that you have solved the problem. But the other players will still not know the answer, and can go on playing, so they can also have the satisfaction of doing it.

". Licentiousness of all sorts ought to be Restrain'd, whether of the Tongue, the Pen, the Press, or any thing else, and it were well if all sorts of Licentiousness were as easy to Govern as this; but to Regulate this Evil by an Evil ten times more pernicious, is doing us no service at all. "

What do these words have in common? Many things, many of which are blatantly obvious, even banal.The puzzle is to find the common property in my mind. (the one I am thinking of).

Please adopt the following tactics: (if you choose to play with)

Submit a list or lists of words (say a maximum of 20 words per player per day), then I will state which words are "correct", i.e. which belong to the class in my mind.

This way, when the penny drops and you think of the answer, you can prove that by submitting a list of say 3 correct words, when it will be obvious to me that you have solved the problem. But the other players will still not know the answer, and can go on playing, so they can also have the satisfaction of doing it.

Three days already, so all have had the chance to do it the really hard way.It was recently cracked elsewhere (without divulging the secret) but admittedly 'they' had just a little bit more help: this clue:A great knowledge of English is not needed, essentially anyone who has done one year of primary school successfully is qualified to succeed.